Bacteroides forsythus sp. nov., a Slow-Growing, Fusiform Bacteroides sp. from the Human Oral Cavity Tanner, A. C. R. and Listgarten, M. A. and Ebersole, J. L. and Strzempko, M. N.,, 36, 213-221 (1986), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-2-213, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= The characteristics of a group of slow-growing, fusiform, fastidious anaerobes isolated from advanced periodontal lesions in human oral cavities were examined. Our results indicated that 12 fusiform Bacteroides strains belong to a new species in the genus Bacteroides. The name Bacteroides forsythus is proposed for these isolates. The type strain is strain ATCC 43037., language=, type=